After the Shir Shel Yom, the custom is to recite Kaddish Yehe Shelama, although the Ashkenazim recite it after Alenu […] Read More
Category: Daily Moroccan Halachot
There is a Segula to read the Pitum HaKetoret off of parchment, and Rabbi Haim Palagi (Kaf HaHaim 17:18) says […] Read More
The Gemara (Berachot 32b) expounds the verse (Tehillim 27:14) “Kave El Hashem, Hazak Ve’ametz Libecha, Vekave El Hashem” (lit. “Hope […] Read More
The Zohar (Parashat Vayakhel) explains that one who reads the Pitum HaKetoret daily is protected from harm, both spiritual and […] Read More
The Pitum HaKetoret lists the eleven ingredients that made up the incense that was used in the Bet HaMikdash, and […] Read More
Pitum HaKetoret concludes with the Baraita “Tana Deve Eliyahu”: “Whoever studies Halachot daily is assured a place in the World […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 133:1) states that on Shabbat and Yom Tov, “Barechu” is not recited after the last […] Read More
The Geonim (Shu”t HaGeonim, Sha’are Teshuva, § 43) write that Yehoshua bin Nun composed the prayer of “Alenu Leshabe’ah” when […] Read More
The Arizal (Sha’ar HaKavanot 50b) writes that when one bows in Alenu Leshabe’ah, namely when saying “VaAnahnu Mishtahavim”, one is […] Read More
Alenu Leshabe’ah holds deep significance and is replete with allusions. RabbiElazar Rokeah (Sefer HaRokeah) writes that when one recites “Hu Elokenu EnOd Aher” (lit. “He is our G-d, there is none other”), one should have in mind that we no longer have […] Read More